Small communities which surround and are dependent upon a city. It is formed from Latin "sub" meaning under, and "urbs" meaning city. The residents of the suburb generally go to the city to work, so industries in the suburbs are generally confined to retail and personal services (dentists, hairdressers, chiropractors, etc.)
Banlieue means suburbs. So en banlieue means the suburbs.
The word that means an area including cities and suburbs is "metropolitan."
In Italian, it means the outskirts or suburbs.
The look and feel of the suburbs.
suburbs or outskirts
locale, outskirts, suburbs, environs
Suburbs
Gentrification
It is a female yuppie, usually from the suburbs; a "soccer mom."
Suburbs, Cobwebs, Hobnobs.
It depends on what you mean by better, although I assume you mean which is a better place to live. For a family, a better place would be a small town, most likely in the suburbs of a city. Suburbs are family-friendly places and you associate closely with the community. Suburbs are usually safer than cities as well.
Northern suburbs, Southern suburbs, Western suburbs, Eastern suburbs.